PLEASANT PRAIRIE POLICE DEPARTMENT - AN OVERVIEW OF THE FUNCTIONS THEY PERFORM
The Pleasant Prairie Police Department employs one part-time and 34 full-time employees over the course of a year. During 2014, the department responded to more than 22,000 calls for service.
The Police Department’s mission is to be a model of excellence in policing by building partnerships with the community and others to: fight crime and the fear of crime; enforce laws while safeguarding the constitutional rights of all people; and create a work environment in which they recruit, train, and develop an exceptional team of employees. Members of the department regularly work to improve knowledge and skills related to their work. In addition to ongoing patrol and emergency response duties, members of the department perform:
- accident crash reconstruction,
- general accident investigations,
- computer forensics,
- crime prevention,
- death investigations,
- special weapons and tactics (SWAT) training,
- evidence collection,
- traffic safety and parking enforcement,
- community outreach,
- arson investigation, and
- crisis intervention.
The Pleasant Prairie Police Department shares a variety of information to help keep residents and the greater public informed of the department’s activities and important public safety updates. The department shares information through ); through a Facebook page (Pleasant-Prairie-Police-Department) ; and through Twitter (@pppd).
The website offers an archive of department press releases regarding arrests made, current investigations, requests for help from the community, sex offender placement, and special traffic patrols. The website also offers access to incident logs, resources, annual reports, and more. The department also utilizes partnerships with Nixle.com and CrimeReports.com to help share information.